Toronto ringing in 2022 with virtual NYE celebration
Posted December 29, 2021 4:27 pm.
Last Updated December 29, 2021 10:23 pm.
The City of Toronto’s New Year’s Eve celebrations will be heading online for another year.
The city will ring in 2022 with a livestream that can be viewed safely at home, with pre-recorded performances from venues across the city.
There will be a fireworks display on the waterfront but the city will hold off on fireworks at the CN Tower and Nathan Phillips Square this year. The city says the waterfront fireworks will viewable “from anywhere with views of Lake Ontario.”
Ring in 2022 with @cityoftoronto's #NewYearsEveTO livestream! Starting at 10:30 pm on Dec 31 enjoy a virtual concert featuring performances pre-recorded from iconic Toronto venues & a grand finale of fireworks launching at midnight across the waterfront. https://t.co/cdHXmFsGnL pic.twitter.com/kJ3P7CiNQo
— City of Toronto Culture (@culture_to) December 29, 2021
“We have worked with Toronto Public Health to plan a safe New Year’s Eve celebration for our city,” says Mayor John Tory.
“This year’s livestream show and fireworks will celebrate the progress we have made as a city confronting the COVID-19 pandemic and honour our frontline workers, including those working non-stop to help residents get vaccinated.”
The current provincial public health restrictions limit social gatherings to 10 people indoors and 25 people outdoors.
The livestream is being hosted by Breakfast Television’s Devo Brown and will begin at 10:30 p.m. on the city’s YouTube channel.
Performance lineup:
- Walk Off The Earth pre-recorded without audience at the El Mocambo
- Andy Kim pre-recorded without audience at the El Mocambo
- Dwayne Gretzky streamed live from their studio
- Tamar Ilana pre-recorded without audience at the Aga Khan Museum
- Indigenous drum group Young Creek pre-recorded without audience at Small World Centre
- Soukustek recorded December 2, 2021 at Lula Lounge
- Lemon Bucket Orkestra leaders Marczyk Family & Friends pre-recorded without audience at Small World Music Centre
- Medusa Quartet pre-recorded without audience at Small World Music Centre
